i'm not going to. do. american whistleblower edward snowden remains stuck in the transit zone of a moscow airport as russian human rights activists urge president bush to help the fugitive. to spy the blow to british intelligence from snowden's leaks the u.k. finance chief announces a funding boost for the country spy agencies boss lashing welfare spending. deadly scenes of unrest shock yet again as the opposition gears up to mark the first anniversary of the president's inauguration with a nationwide protest. this

is r t coming to you live from moscow marina joshie welcome to the program america's most wanted man edward snowden remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport he's believed to have been there since sunday the national security agency me curve has asked for political asylum from ecuador but the south american country says it could take months to process the requests are you confident has the details from outside the airport. the reason that he came here through moscow's he had originally booked a flight to havana since there's no direct flights to edward or going through cuba would really be his only option he did not board the flight that he was originally scheduled to go on and therefore remain stuck in this transit zone now there was a flight leaving from moscow today on thursday at two pm to have bene reporters confirm he was not booked on that flight and in fact the airline that operates that air flow does confirm that he is not booked on any of the flights to com so it's still quite a mystery as to how long he'll be stuck here at sheremetyevo and where he will go

afterwards so a lot more questions than answers our correspondents have not been able to try to glimpse any sighting of edward snowden in the transfer area and the u.s. is trying to get snowden through various diplomatic channels of course they've been in talks with russia to try to get him back president vladimir putin essential he said that look he hasn't crossed fishley crossed russian territory he's in the transit zone so there's not much that the russians could theoretically do at this point i'd states can't ask russia to extradite mr snowden because there's no official extradition treaty they can however ask of russia to expel him something that mr putin declined to do there have been swaps of people of interest between the united states and russia in the past but there's no indication at this point that this is something that would happen and the u.s. has softened his tone somewhat in its relations with russia with secretary of state john kerry saying that we're not looking for quote a confrontation at this point of course much more of a heated response back in washington from the lawmakers on capitol hill who have

not been happy with the obama and obama administration's reactions to this at least one lawmaker have called on president obama to play hardball another lawmaker has adjusted the perhaps trade relations between the united states and ecuador should be targeted but again no official confirmation from the u.s. the white house administration that that would be a course that they would be willing to take. now russian human rights activists have lashed out against washington's aggressive pursuit of the thirty year old whistleblower and they have called on president putin to a step in and help snowden with some insisting that for a cia employee should remain in russia are. reports. while the world decides where the edward snowden is hero or villain russia's human rights activists have clearly made their minds up it's not too often they see eye to eye with russia's president but they welcome to put his decision not to extradite the former ana say i am still outraged by washington streatham and of the whistleblower the ask more school to

take more than just a neutral stand. such as a good citizen in the current situation russia has to do everything in its power to aid snowden he cites for those exact principles that the u.s. doubts that in fact transgressions yet the more i hear and i think russia should now act according to the law to not let the man be led like collateral to slaughter . the head of russia's anti-corruption committee went even further to you come on of says he's ready to write a letter to putin urging him to keep snowden in russia if that. spread the fact that he has no passport let him go to those countries that are willing to accept him we cannot act like a weak country that understands exactly what's going on but at the same time says no stay away from this. edward snowden has never asked for political asylum in russia but with heavy support coming from the human rights camp you couldn't rule out a positive response from the kremlin if you did his active asylum pleas are still

pending a decision from ecuador and venezuela snowden himself was still presumably sitting tight inside most schools airport which leaves a lot of space for more twists and turns to this saga former officers of security services describe the man as snowden as a gift to the intelligence they usually use for an exchange between countries but with such strong reaction coming from russia's human rights. activists many agree that extraditing snowden now would be like shooting oneself in the foot. see reports and from all stop now u.s. officials are seeking to prosecute snowden for what they call a serious breach of national security but a publisher of the trans journal thinks that snowden's revelations only confirm what manny had to spec the four years he has the proof for a lot of people speculated and what the whistleblowers talked about so now they can't hide from the truth anymore so if they do if there's

a leading into this they try to change the narrative what did this guy tell us snowden that we already know that they're building a two billion dollar facility in bluffdale you know or the giant city sized national security agency facility in fort meade maryland it's a business the business of america used to be business but now it's cyber war and war now berlin officials have warned of drastic ramifications if it's confirmed out of the british intelligence agency g c h q has been snooping on germany among other countries this comes after edward snowden exposed the u.k. surveillance activities along with those of the u.s. meanwhile peace activist from the code pink movement in berlin says the intrusive data gathering by governments threatens more than just privacy. i think the larger

concern is keeping. some political control over germany because the united states has very important military assets in germany so the bases here are the most important in all of europe for the us efforts in formerly in iraq or presently to some degree in afghanistan africa africa comedies and stood guard and . i think that's the reason that germany is more heavily monitored than any other european country that's what the reports say and of course that goes back to the fact that during the entire occupation really up till the early ninety's in any case u.s. military intelligence felt that they had a right to spy on him and the german especially in berlin. meanwhile the u.k. spy agencies are set to get a major financial boost and that's according to britain's latest budget review which also unveiled over eleven billion pounds worth of spending cuts he says are

still yeah has the details. but what's been widely reported as the biggest winner in this in this review of the budget is intelligence service that comprises comprises of b m i five yes by six and we can see if you wish of course we know have been in the spotlight particularly. after edward snowden to be an american who had made revelations on the extent of the kind of spying that c.h. crew has been doing on the iraqi citizens and ya know what they're going to see is a real term increase of more if there's three percent of the rationale behind it according to all but one is that there is still a continuing threat of terrorism well let's get more on this from the intelligence analysts glenmore trainer harvey thank you very much for joining us now first of all in light of edward snowden's revelations it just happened a few days ago and we see an increase in the budget of the issue in particular what does that mean i have to say that i don't think his revelations did have an effect

it just happened at this time because. especially increases take a long time to work out the thing is of course is that the spotlight is on british intelligence as a result of edward snowden so revelations the whole world is concentrating on what we are doing so it does seem a little on to the general public it would not have been surprising if they had just kept the budget as it worked up the green you understand but with three percent in person so first we have the rationale of security this issue is terrorism on the other hand you have the backlash from the revelations of snowden and you have austerity cuts in other sectors which really affect the british people so how how do we view this how was this justified. i am biased in my arms rather

having an association with their services. yes i think it is i'm surprised that the extent when you're talking about the g.d.p. of britain increasing by one percent a year to have a three percent increase this is quite extraordinary but it would be seen media comments to say that in the light of snowden's revelations that this is a british government saying we're not concerned about that we are going to go ahead we're not embarrassed. i think andree better afshin rattansi says the government is trying to make up excuses for this latest funding but. that's presumably why the british government is spinning it and saying look if we don't do all of this you'll see more british soldiers a british barracks up and down the country being beheaded and for that matter for after the snowden allegations do we think that the united states is telling britain to beef up their way. the g.c. h.q. budgets because as they wouldn't is revealed britain is basically a spying outpost for the united states and yet the poorest of society have paid for

this will mr obama may be telling osborne and david cameron to do just this before the security services. and coming up in just a couple of minutes here on r.t. . americans caught a virtual role in africa overshadows brok obama's visit to his father's native confidence that more stories coming your way shortly here in our t.v. . interview.

you. welcome back this is our teen alleghenies two people have been killed and hundreds injured in fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of egypt's president mohamed morsi rioting broke out in the northern city of mensa were as the euro was

preparing for a national address marking his first year in power and made a wave of fresh calls for him to step down are his bill true brings us the latest on the story. and nile delta city this a few hours drive from the capital could have been put on the street battles between things in support of the president and those the against the president said egypt police are desperately trying to contain the violence using tear gas have been reports of bird shot but it is related weapons and fire bombs in this clash it started with no support since all the missing but a good group of which the president hails from decided to have a protest off the afternoon prize i'm witnessing so exciting conflicts reports said that i did look cool residents attacked said the most of a good group all folks who are against the islamist group the president mohamed morsi in his speech did little to assuage fees he did admit that the year has been very tough for the presidency and that he himself had made mistakes but he failed to go into the details of these mistakes he also controversy once again praised the

police in his speech at the police of the tories the brutal here in egypt we've seen an increasing amount of violence from the security forces over the course of the last year resulting in many deaths people here in the presidency praising the security forces is not something the very pleased with what people are really worried is that if the by if you go through this is going to mean that it will only get worse in the in the lead up to the anniversary protests and continue with the deaths on the horizon now e.u. leaders are meeting in brussels in an effort to tackle the ever growing problem of youth unemployment almost a quarter of young people are our work across the twenty seven nation blog with the numbers hitting on president highs in the most indebted countries greece and spain details now from artie's katie pilgrim. the last generation that is how everyone is referring to the five point six million unemployed young people in europe and overall use jobless rate of twenty three percent in greece and spain the situation

is even worse with youth unemployment over fifty percent of all these numbers sound pretty bad the consequences are even worse people who have studied hard to achieve the best grades and yet don't get to reap the benefits of such dedication unless feeling resentful towards their cultures which can also result in social unrest especially energetic young people are not so afraid of tear gas and stun grenades that they will not voice their discontent on the streets also the employment gap on a resume is also seen as a negative by employers added to this the fact that the citizens are more able to contemplate the growth of their economies puts pressure on the whole financial system so what is being done to avoid total mayhem on the streets and the shuttering of young people. well the e.u. leaders are planning to splash out six billion euros to tackle the escalating problem writes we can all relax e.u. is on to us but while the european financial crisis is still in full swing the

question is where exactly is this cash coming from will you leaders agree back in february that they would set aside the money from the twenty fourteen twenty twenty budget for the youth guarantee projects but this is yet to be approved by the european parliament so good intentions but no policy in place yet to do with the situation and even if this money is finally found it may not be enough since it has recently turned out that south european states are not alone in their misery while overall unemployment may be lower in scandinavia young people make up the bulk of the unemployment rate so the more time ministers tape to come up with the cash to solve the problem more problems will be caused by the shattered dreams of the restless young. well one of the most dire jobless situations is in greece where over half of adults under the age of twenty five are unemployed dr barbara home president of the high institute in vienna says europe's rigid labor laws are of no

help. do you have to do something with these young kids that are on the street for example in greece they understand that things have been have gotten wrong in this country they know that they that the system needs to change definitely that structural reforms need to be made and they need to take their fate in their own hands the labor laws that we have seen in europe are trusts not flexible at all and they really do not support employment as a matter of fact they are against them point if no measures are taken no right measures are taken that really work out it could get. and social media has been a key driving force for the recent public dissent across turkey but could that online activity backfire on the protester. facebook has played down the threat claiming it hasn't passed any user data to the turkish authorities despite

government requests that's after one of turkey's ministers. been working closely with a social networking site more on this at r.t. dot com. plus the town of west in texas which suffered a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in april is suing the facilities owner get the details on the looming legal battle on artie's website. barack obama has begun a tour of three african countries in a bid to strengthen ties obama was once hailed a hero by manny africans but he's seen their popularity slide over u.s. aid cuts and con a virtual military operations are reports right now. in the center of america's so-called war on terror we hear about a new drone basis popping up on the african continent in countries whose governments we see from the u.s. in one form or another we hear about the u.s. army training security forces in

a number of states in africa then we learn how some of those forces commit most horrible atrocities and get the u.s. doesn't stop to take a second look at who they empower just a few most recent examples a you when we poor found us train troops in congo guilty of mass rape and other trustees human rights watch released a report documenting the abuse rape and torture of at least one thousand somali refugees by u.s. backed kenyan police forces this follows a report by the open society justice initiative that connected u.s. counterterrorism and influence to systematic human rights abuses in kenya and uganda then you have secretary of state john kerry himself expressing quote deep concern around human rights abuses committed by the nigerian mail. a major u.s. count to tear apart his statement says gross human rights violations committed by nigerian security forces only escalate the violence and fuel extremism washington sees what's going on but does it really change their calculations i spoke with the

editor of pan african newswire by you know me as. they may say that they are there to enhance the african states national security capacity but we know from the history of the united states that they did not nothing regard to their foreign policy if there is no real strategic interest for the united states. of course maintaining a relationship with all these different african states and at the same time to edge out the people's republic of china which is. sort of them out. in africa just over the last few years that china has become the number one trading partner of the african union africa is an extremely rich continent the case for terrorists may not be the only reason the u.s. wants to have as much presence as possible there take a listen to what mr as he was said about that many of the countries in west africa

a large or produces for example nigeria which is the largest u.s. importer. of oil into the united states from africa in east africa they have been a huge finding. of all of natural gas all along the eastern coast of africa from somalia all the way down to tanzania so this in my opinion explains why we have this escalation of u.s. military intervention on the after the continent so backlash in the form of extremism on the one end of the scale and tangible benefits on the other that could be the dilemma that the u.s. is weighing in africa now but as we've seen reports about gross human rights violations haven't stopped us from partnering up with quantock league use of government in washington i'm going to check out. now israel has given the go ahead for the construction of sixty nine new housing units in east jerusalem see if the

word is claim is just part of a strategy to ease overcrowding in the area but the move could derail washington's efforts to revive peace negotiations between the israelis and palestinians u.s. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with leaders from both sides later today to try to clinch an agreement to renew the talks which broke down three years ago now more than half a million israelis now live on land that palestinians consider their own the ongoing settlement construction is deemed illegal under international law. while life may be tough for palestinians in gaza they are starting to get a helping hand qatar is pouring millions of dollars into rebuilding the territory while encouraging the ruling hamas group to emerge from international isolation r.t. supposedly or investigate what exactly such as they are based on. israel destroys and qatar rebuilds that's the message in gaza where streets damaged by israeli

tanks are now being repaved with qatari money. catastrophe twenty one projects of the same time so there are a lot of new jobs it's simple mathematics give people food homes and cash and they'll support you no matter what. israel is worried by the growing relationship between cantarell and hamas israel is concerned because it is strengthening hamas and hamas is getting more military and political power projects like this are part of the four hundred million dollars pledged by the emir of qatar last october it was the biggest injection of reconstruction aid for gaza after parts of it were devastated during the last wars with israel for years the tiny arabian gulf nation has supported the palestinians but observers took note when she hunted been felafel tiny chose to visit gaza and not the palestinian leadership and was spending he was also the first head of state to visit the strip since her most branded terrorist by

israel took over six years ago the manly mostly to support the population in order to gain back their loyalty to quantify when you're serving me as those from their backyards input israel lawyers in this is radio civil rights organization devote their time to going off to states they came to sponsor terrorism qatar is right up there five years ago after the last israel lebanon war they bought a civil lawsuit against the qatari funded al jazeera channel what those there was doing is they're broadcasting live from the places where the risk they were falling and that they were aiming the hizbollah so more accurately points out their missile for them and they called the marketeers freedom fighters so there was no doubt. no question that that is there was identified with a cause of his but for such a small country qatar yield significant financial and political global count it was

qatari wheels that financed and promoted to the islamist opposition forces that overthrew mumbai gadhafi in libya that the muslim brotherhood in egypt and is now bankrolling the free syrian army in syria. we see that catalog is trying to control the region we saw this in libya and egypt and of course in syria cats are his goals qatar is part of a plan that wants to change the arab world but not towards democracy in the arab profits because cats are itself is not a democracy and people there have no freedom. and from the sidelines the u.s. commie watch is keeping mum because of its basted interest in khatam that day to military base oil and defense cooperation it's not that the israelis unaware of what is happening across the border they know full well khatami's financing and israel activities white under the noses but with the us keeping quiet prime

minister netanyahu doesn't really have anyone to complain to point to see on t.v. tel aviv. and of next abby martin will be breaking the sound gay marriage don't go away. i love life but there is a lot of sick stuff going on on this planet for example according to bloomberg a hospital in chicago has been accused by the f.b.i. of cutting the throats of patients for big bags of cash a tracheotomy is a procedure to get air directly into the windpipe of someone who can't breathe by cutting a hole into it and f.b.i. affidavit based on tape recording says that the hospital knowingly and purposely

sedated patients to the point that they couldn't breathe properly and would need tracheotomy and as you know in the u.s. health care system nothing comes cheap trick out of his own days cost about one hundred sixty thousand dollars a pop this alleged conspiracy between doctors and management is not the first of its kind at this hospital an administrator and five doctors have already been charged for medicare fraud for giving and receiving kickbacks not only is having a hole punched in your neck for money discussed thing but it may also be lethal because patients at that hospital in chicago are three times more likely to die than patients at other hospitals from tracheotomies throughout the state now. how did the f.b.i. find out about this with three employees ratted out the hospital and worked with the f.b.i. to make a lot of incriminating voice recordings these people risk their jobs and possibly much more to do what was right and i salute them ratting out evil is no wrong deed but that's just my opinion.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i'm glad i got so many i mean and i know that i've seen the team really miss. the old story so personally. it's. worse for to live through the white house or the. radio guy for minestrone. what what we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm telling. you guys i'm having martin and welcome to breaking the set so big crowds came together on this through the steps of the supreme court today has rulings came down on two important element of the same sex marriage debate the first is huge news for

the community in the golden state of california after a five to four ruling that struck down proposition eight as unconstitutional a law that had originally banned gay marriage in this state the other ruling was in regards to one element of the defense of marriage act or doma and invalid five to four ruling the supreme court justices determined that this law which denied benefits to same sex marriages was also unconstitutional now as a result of these rulings all same sex marriages in the states that recognize it would be eligible for help tax and pension benefits that are already allotted to their heterosexual counterparts. a court's decision also prompted defense secretary chuck hagel to announce that quote benefits will be available to all military spouses regardless of sexual orientation as soon as possible guys this is fantastic news that a huge step in the right direction for the l.g.b. community and for humanity at large but there is still much more to be done the way

the supreme court ruled leaves some glaring problems first of all same sex marriage can still be banned in the thirty six states that have yet to rule on it secondly the benefits now a lot of the same sex couples won't necessarily be recognized everywhere so right now it's still a states' rights issue but the majority of people in this country supporting gay rights it's time for the federal government to move on the right side of history i'm talking about a federal law that legalizes marriage for everyone so yes a victory today but a long road ahead until there's equal rights for all so let's go to work and let's break that. this week the texas state house was scheduled to vote on a controversial unprecedented bill that many have called in.